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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Captain Ken Baker retired from the Texas Parks and |
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Wildlife Department in 2012, drawing to a close a notable career |
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that spanned more than four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, A seventh-generation Texan, Ken Baker was born in |
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Brownsville in 1947 and was raised on his family's farm and ranch in |
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Cameron County; he graduated from San Benito High School and |
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subsequently served his country in the United States Navy during |
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the Vietnam War; and |
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WHEREAS, Captain Baker attended the Texas Game Warden Academy |
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at Texas A&M University and began his work as a game warden in |
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Edinburg in 1972; he served for many years in Hidalgo County, |
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enforcing laws related to the area's natural resources and to |
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boating on the Rio Grande, and became a well-known public servant in |
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the area; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his tenure, Captain Baker saw his |
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duties expand to include increased collaboration with homeland |
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security officers supervising the border; promoted to sergeant and |
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then to captain for the Rio Grande Valley District, he was thought |
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to be the longest-serving active game warden in the state at the |
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time of his retirement, with 41 years on the job; in addition, |
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Captain Baker served his professional community as vice president |
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of the Texas Game Warden Association; and |
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WHEREAS, The dedication and commitment to excellence |
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demonstrated by this outstanding Texan greatly benefited his fellow |
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citizens, and he may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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spent as he embarks on the next exciting chapter of his life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Captain Ken Baker on his retirement |
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from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Captain Baker as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |